🪰554,782 violations tracked across 67 Florida counties

Polk County

Sitting between Tampa and Orlando, Polk County is Central Florida's often-overlooked dining market. With Lakeland as its largest city and over 1,500 restaurants spread across a largely suburban and rural landscape, the county serves as a crossroads for both coasts. Chain restaurants dominate the I-4 corridor, but local gems in downtown Lakeland and Winter Haven's growing dining scene offer a different side of Polk County's food culture.

Find Polk County restaurant inspections to find health scores and violation histories for restaurants in Lakeland, Winter Haven, Bartow, Haines City, Lake Wales, and Auburndale. Every inspection record includes the full list of violations found and the restaurant's overall health grade.

1,826
Restaurants
78%
A-Rated
97.4
Avg Score
1,571
Inspections

Data on this page

Restaurants tracked
1,826
Cities represented
44
Restaurants with inspection history
1,817
Official source
Florida DBPR

InspectFL turns public DBPR inspection records into county-level trend pages with filters, latest inspection snapshots, and direct restaurant history. Most recent inspection on this page: June 12, 2026.

How to use this county page

Use it to compare cities, filter the countywide list, and quickly spot restaurant records worth opening — especially if you are choosing between areas.

What the countywide data means

Polk County's current grade mix looks stronger than average, but one countywide number should never outweigh a restaurant's recent inspection timeline.

A: 1429 B: 337 C: 47 F: 13

Restaurants

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SUBWAY AT HIGHLAND CITY TOWN CENTER

5253 HWY 98 SOUTH, STE. 8-E, LAKELAND

Inspected 7 months ago
2025-11-13
2 violations

TIO PICA POLLO

2121 US 98 N, LAKELAND

Inspected 7 months ago
2025-11-13
1 violations

CHARM CITY AT LAKE ASHTON

4141 ASHTON CLUB DR, LAKE WALES

Inspected 7 months ago
2025-11-12
3 violations

CHY'S CITY BITES

1379 MARCUM RD, LAKELAND

Inspected 7 months ago
2025-11-12

DUNKIN DONUTS

6354 CYPRESS GARDENS BLVD, WINTER HAVEN

Inspected 7 months ago
2025-11-12
4 violations

EB BREAKFAST DELI CO

7000 CYPRESS GARDENS BLVD, WINTER HAVEN

Inspected 7 months ago
2025-11-12
2 violations

GORDOG FAMILY LLC

5570 US HWY 17 92 W UNIT 100, HAINES CITY

Inspected 7 months ago
2025-11-12

HUNGRY HOWIE'S #190

3007 CYPRESS GARDENS RD, WINTER HAVEN

Inspected 7 months ago
2025-11-12
5 violations

TAQUERIA CABRITO EL CHAPIN

166 DAIRY RD, AUBURNDALE

Inspected 7 months ago
2025-11-12
1 violations

THE BLONDE DOG LLC

104 W CENTRAL AVE, WINTER HAVEN

Inspected 7 months ago
2025-11-12

ANTOJOS FOOD TRUCK

1100 17-92 US HWY, HAINES CITY

Inspected 7 months ago
2025-11-10
1 violations

CAFE CONDESA

701 E HINSON AVE, HAINES CITY

Inspected 7 months ago
2025-11-10
1 violations

DOMINO'S #4916

5315 US 98 N, LAKELAND

Inspected 7 months ago
2025-11-10
2 violations

DREAM SEASIDE SMOOTHIES

43804 HWY 27, DAVENPORT

Inspected 7 months ago
2025-11-10

EZ FOOD

5945 US HWY 17 92 N, DAVENPORT

Inspected 7 months ago
2025-11-10
4 violations

HUNGRY CRAB DAVENPORT

43554 US HWY 27, DAVENPORT

Inspected 7 months ago
2025-11-10
7 violations

HUNGRY HOWIE'S

4744 US 98 N, LAKELAND

Inspected 7 months ago
2025-11-10
1 violations

KOKOMO'S

322 4 ST NW, WINTER HAVEN

Inspected 7 months ago
2025-11-10

QUEEN RODRIGUEZ LLC

223 N WABASH AVE, LAKELAND

Inspected 7 months ago
2025-11-10

RENTERIA ERENDIRA

95 DUNDEE RD, DUNDEE

Inspected 7 months ago
2025-11-10
1 violations

SONNY'S REAL PIT BBQ

1501 3RD ST SW, WINTER HAVEN

Inspected 7 months ago
2025-11-10
3 violations

TAQUERIA EL MERCADITO CORP

516 NW 3RD ST, WEBSTER

Inspected 7 months ago
2025-11-10
4 violations

TWISTEE TREAT

4945 US 98 N, LAKELAND

Inspected 7 months ago
2025-11-10
2 violations

VC'S KITCHEN CORP

305 SNIVELY AVE, ELOISE

Inspected 7 months ago
2025-11-10
1 violations

DARK KAFE LLC

5570 US HWY 17-92, HAINES CITY

Inspected 7 months ago
2025-11-07
1 violations

Important context for county pages

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